The Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in downtown Tampa has 21 surgical skills labs, a trauma operating room and a synthetic cadaver.

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Deborah Sutherland, CAMLS CEO

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The Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation also serves as USF medical school’s instructional program for some residents and med students.

Both the Nicholson Center and CAMLS tout themselves as economic drivers, attracting groups of affluent physicians as “tourists” and highlighting the medical and high-tech profiles of their respective communities.

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The Nicholson Center near Orlando provides on-site surgical training using the latest technologies and live broadcasts, videoconferencing and web-based education.

Photo: Nicholson Center

Rick Wassel, chief administrator at the Nicholson Center

Photo: James Carchidi/Orlando Business Journal

While competitors at some level, both the Nicholson Center and CAMLS (pictured) also collaborate on research and technology development.

Wednesday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 10/3/2012

Aging population a boon for health care workers

As Baby Boomers age into retirement by the millions each year, their growing health care needs require more people to administer that care. That makes fields such as nursing one of the fastest-growing occupations, and hospitals are hiring now to prepare for what's to come. Read more from USA Today and see also:

The 80-year-old drag racer talks about the excitement of speed, running for Congress and what he does to combat "those hateful lovebugs."

» In the beginning, we actually drag-raced the cars we drove to work. There were no spectators. We put lines on the asphalt and raced on a stopwatch. Then, it caught the fancy of the general public. People built drag strips and charged a lot of money to get in. In 1958, I got paid $450 to show up with my car in Texas, and I’ve been winning races and making money ever since.

Florida business and homeowners' doing business with the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will see double-digit premium increases in most cases early next year. The state's insurance regulators announced Tuesday they have approved the increases that are scheduled to take effect as early as Jan. 1. [Source: Times/Herald and AP]

Florida High Tech Corridor among top 5 U.S. tech hubs

The Florida High Tech Corridor ranks among the top five technology hubs in the United States, according to a jobs study by Bright Labs. The study shows the Florida High Tech Corridor is the fourth largest high-tech hub based on the 7,752 jobs openings posted in the state's 23-county region on online websites Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. [Source: Orlando Sentinel]

Big bank backlash proves nonexistent

Remember all that rage at the too-big-to-fail banks accused of cratering the economy? Recall last year’s National Bank Transfer Day, which promised to push a deluge of deposits from Wall Street giants to credit unions and community banks? Never mind. Read more from the Palm Beach Post and see Florida Trend's reports on banking and Finance in Florida:

› Marlins Park attendance suffers amid team’s failure [Miami Herald] Year One for Marlins Park, both on the field and off, did not go entirely as team executives had hoped. Despite the addition of more than $200 million in free agent players, the rebranded Miami Marlins were a last-place disaster that lost more games this year than it did the one previous.